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A Rakhine refugee receives medical treatment at Sittwe hospital in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Burma, Oct. 26, 2012. The death toll from recent ethnic violence in Burma's western state of Rakhine has surpassed 100, an official said, as the government warned that the strife risks harming the country's reputation as it seeks to install democratic rule. Burma is also known as Myanmar.

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A Rakhine refugee lies on a bed under medical treatment at Sittwe hospital in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Burma, Oct. 26, 2012.

Burma Buddhist monks hold banners and placards during a rally against recent violence in Rakhine state, outside the city hall in Yangon, Burma, Oct. 25, 2012. Nearly 200 protesters including Buddhist monks called for the stop of renewed violence in western coast of Burma.

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Rakhine men make Jingali, a local handmade weapon for shooting, outside the jetty on Oct. 27, 2012, in Sittwe, Burma.

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A boat sails in the distance past a destroyed mosque at quarter No.3 in Pauktaw township, that was burned in recent violence between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya, on Oct. 27, 2012, in Pauktaw, Burma.

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A man looks for pieces of metal in the rubble of quarter No.3 in Pauktaw township, that was burned in recent violence between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya, on Oct. 27, 2012, in Pauktaw, Burma.

A soldier stands guard at quarter No.3 in Pauktaw township, that was burned in recent violence between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya, on Oct. 27, 2012, in Pauktaw, Burma.

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A man transports a basket and a bucket on a pole at quarter No.3 in Pauktaw township, that was burned in recent violence between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya, on Oct. 27, 2012, in Pauktaw, Burma.

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A soldier stands guard at quarter No.3 in Pauktaw township, that was burned in recent violence between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya, on Oct. 27, 2012, in Pauktaw, Burma.

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People look for pieces of metal in the rubble of quarter No.3 in Pauktaw township, that was burned in recent violence between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya, on Oct. 27, 2012, in Pauktaw, Burma.

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A doctor attempts to staunch the bleeding from a gun shot wound on victim San Shar Aung, a Buddhist Rakhine victim, in Kyauk Taw township hospital on Oct. 25, 2012, in Kyauk Taw, Burma.

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A soldier stands guard at quarter No.3 in Pauktaw township, that was burned in recent violence between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya, on Oct. 27, 2012, in Pauktaw, Burma.